Worship

                                                               Contributed by Ed Moore

Do you sponsor Easter egg hunts for the children? The original celebrants of this feast dyed the eggs red in the blood of sacrificed children. This is where the colored egg tradition began. Do you have an Easter sun rise service? This was called an abomination in Eze. Chapt. 8. Many people look forward to “Hot Cross Buns” on Easter. Where did this tradition start? It is mentioned in Jer. 7:18 , where the women made cakes to the pagan Queen of Heaven.

Do you celebrate Christmas? Are you aware the savior was not born on this date, but is the traditional birth date of Dies Sol Invictus, the sun god Mithras, the sun of righteousness? (Ency. Britannica). When Constantine merged paganism with Christianity, he declared December 25 to be the birth date of the Messiah. The Romans readily accepted this date as they were already worshippers of a god born on that date. The only thing that changed for them was the name of this god. They must have loved the name pronounced “Ee Sous or Ee Zeus”.

Since Yahusha was not born on December 25, then whose birthday is
being celebrated? Answer: The Satanic sun god, who was also known as god incarnate,mediator between god and man, a false Messiah.

Do you bring an evergreen tree into your church or home and decorate it with silver and golden ornaments? Have you considered Yahuah’s warning in Jeremiah chapter 10 against doing this?

Jer. 10:1 Hear ye the word which Yahuah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith Yahuah, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

(Signs in the heavens have always played a large role in Pagan religions. The sun, planets, stars, summer and winter solstice, Constantine’s cross in the sky vision, comets, etc. have all been important in paganism.)

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that
it move not.

Yahuah literally hates the pagan rituals of Babylon that Christian holidays are based on:

Amos 5
21 “I hate, I despise your feast days (pagan feasts such as Christmas and Easter), And I do not savor your sacred assemblies (on Sunday). 22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings (through pagan rituals), I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. 23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs, For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments (as you sing praises and worship Hesus Horus Krishna the Antichrist). 24 But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream (as Yahuah will cast out all those who break The Law of Yahuah from His Kingdom).

Does it matter that these were originally pagan festivals? Are we allowed to create our own feasts to Yahuah? Do you think it matters to the Him? The answer is a resounding YES! Look at the following:

Deu 12:29 “When יהוה your Elohim does cut off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land,
Deu 12:30 guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones?
Deu 12:31 “Do not do so to יהוה your Elohim, for every abomination which יהוה hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones

"You shall not worship Yahuah your Elohim in that way." Do not worship Yahuah in that way, the way of the heathen! Don't take heathen customs and try to honor Him with it. He is not honored by them. Do not add to His commandments and do not take away from His commandments.

Exo. 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up,make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to Yahuah.

They were going to worship Yahuah through the golden calf. You see, they didn’t think this was idol worship; “it didn’t mean that to them”. How often do we hear this today? “It doesn’t mean that to us!” Easter doesn’t mean to me what it meant to the pagans, we celebrate the resurrection of “Jesus” on this day. It doesn’t matter that Yahusha had already risen toward the end of the Sabbath, not Sunday morning at sunrise. He was already long gone by then. But, this is the same logic that was used by Israel back then. Aaron even lied to Moses to try to justify his deed. He said that the people gave him gold, which he cast into the fire and out popped this calf. (Exo. 32:24). Do we not lie to ourselves today to justify our practices?

What was Yahuah’s response?
Exo. 32:9 And Yahuah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is astiffnecked people:10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

Does this sound like it didn’t matter to Yahuah? He wanted to wipe them out and start allover with another chosen people through Moses. The word says Yahuah changes not!

Hos 4:6 “My people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.

Constantianity

                                                           Contributed by Ed Moore

he true beginning of the religion known today as Christianity is shrouded in secular and pagan thought and tradition. The historical beginnings of this religion is all but “hidden” and kept silent in today’s churches. When we do a little digging… it is understandably so. The slightest research into the origins of Christianity will literally destroy your faith in it. So I guess to most Christians, “Ignorance is bliss”! However, in this case, it is eternal destruction. We see below this is the case as we are destroyed by the lack on knowledge and rejected by Yahuah for abolishing His Law.

Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of Yahuah, I also will ignore your children.”

All we need to know concerning the “new” religion that evolved at the hands of the Roman Emperor Constantine formalized at the Council of Nicaea we can learn from early scholars of the day and Catholic Church documents that live on historically. These all openly admit that the “religion” was neither “new” nor “strange” to the pagans of their day and that the only thing “new” about it was the name of the new “god” they created. This new god’s name was Jesus H. Christ or I.H.S in Latin.

The Council of Nicaea was held around 300 AD and writers of that era admit what should now be obvious.

Eusebius of Caesarea (circa 283-371 CE) wrote: "The religion of Jesus Christ is neither new nor strange."

St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE) wrote: "This, in our day, is the Christian religion, not as having been unknown in former times, but as having recently received that name."

Yes, Christianity was not new to the pagans and as St. Augustine pointed out it has been known all the way back to Babylon and only recently called “Christianity”. Every Christian Church today from the Roman Catholic Church to every last Protestant denomination expresses its faith in what is called The Nicene Creed. This is the resulting creed that came out of the first council at Nicaea where Christianity and its fundamental doctrines of sun worship were formulated by Constantine to unite his kingdom through syncretism.

Constantine was the founder of "Christianity"

The Constantine Creed

“I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and new moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances and synagogues. absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable. And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.”
(Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105)

Furthermore, any follower of the “Jewish Rabbi” (Rebbe Yeshua) who wished to join this “holy community” was compelled to adopt a different set of rules and customs. Subsequently special creeds were drafted, to which the Christian would have to swear such as:

“I accept all customs, rites, legalism, and feasts of the Romans, sacrifices. Prayers, purifications with water, sanctifications by Pontificus Maxmus (high priests of Rome), propitiations, and feasts, and the New Sabbath “So! dei” (day of the Sun, ), all new chants and observances, and all the foods and drinks of the Romans. In other words, I absolutely accept everything Roman, every new law, rite and custom, of Rome, and the New Roman Religion.”

Additionally, in approximately 365 AD, the Council of Laodicea wrote, in one of their canons:

Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day. Rather, honoring the Lord’s Day. But if any shall be found to be Judaizers, let them be anathema (against) from Christ”.

Note: Protestants are included as they still observe the holidays and sabbath of Rome, as in “are you going to church this coming Lord’s day”.

Concerning Antiochus Epiphanes…
He set up an image of Zeus in the Temple which was the Abomination of Desolation spoken of in Daniel 11. For 3 years, he continued to desecrate the Temple.

These were the new laws that Antiochus set up:

Thou shall profane the Sabbath
Thou shall change the set times (festivals) and laws
Thou shall set up idols
Thou shall eat unclean animals
Thou shall not circumcise
Thou shall forget Torah

3 years and 2 months later, the Temple was taken back and rededicated. This is known as the Feast of Dedication, or Festival of Lights, or Hanukkah.

What’s really ironic…..these laws were created by an antichrist Antiochus, and are the same things Constantine would later repeat and this is what people want to live by today. Totally going against YHUH’s Word. People today are living under laws created by Antiochus and Constantine; an antichrist.

Faith Produces Action

                                         Contributed by Ed Moore

When true faith is present action will be the result

Suppose I said I believed in something. Wouldn't the proof of my belief be the action it produced in my life? No action no faith.

We have all been taught in Christianity that we are saved by faith not by works of The Law. It is a true statement that we are saved by faith, however we need to know what faith is to understand what that means.

Faith, by definition, is expressed through keeping The Law of Yahuah and believing in the promises made in Scripture which is The Torah and Prophets.

In Scripture (the Torah and Prophets) Yahuah promised us:

eternal life for obedience

death for transgression

a Passover Lamb to cover our transgression

a Sabbath Rest

A Sabbath Resurrection

Sacrifices to cover our sin (transgression of His Law) to be made by the High Priest

A marriage covenant whereby he would give us a loving spirit of obedience to His Law which would be transposed into our hearts

Simply “saying you have faith” and not backing that faith up with action in keeping Yahuah’s commandments is dead faith. Christians are willingly ignorant of this fact and choose to believe all they need is to believe in Jesus Christ (the false messiah) and nothing else is required of them.

Jas 1:22 And become doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves

Heb 6:11 And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness(in keeping The Law of Yahuah), to the entire confirmation of expectation until the end,
Heb 6:12 in order that you do not become sluggish(keeping The Law), but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises

2Pe 1:4 Through these there have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that through these you might be partakers of the Mighty-like nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world, caused by lust.
2Pe 1:5 And for this reason do your utmost to add to your belief uprightness, to uprightness knowledge,
2Pe 1:6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control endurance, to endurance reverence,
2Pe 1:7 to reverence brotherly affection, and to brotherly affection love. ,

Rom 15:4 For whatever was written before was written for our instruction, that through endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have the expectation

2Co 7:1 Having, then, these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of the flesh and spirit, perfecting set-apartness in the fear of Elohim.

James 1:12
12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that Yahuah has promised to those who love him (to love Yahuah is to keep His Law 1 John 5:3).

1Jn 2:24 As for you, let that stay in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning (the Torah and Prophets) stays in you(written on your heart) , you also shall stay in the Son and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that He has promised us(in The Torah): everlasting life.

Jas 2:14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does
not have works? This belief is unable to save him.

What did YAHUAH say about WHO are His people? He gives three requirements in Isaiah 56:6-8...To love His Name, honor His Sabbath and keep His covenant (Torah):

Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –
Isa 56:7 them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
Isa 56:8 The Master יהוה, who gathers the outcasts of Yisra’ĕl, declares, “I gather still others to him besides those who are gathered to him.”

There's more to having a relationship with YAHUAH than just "believing in YAHUSHA." The thing is, our Creator has some rules to follow, and if we refuse, then we don't belong to Him.

If you say you have faith and don’t express it through keeping The Law you are a liar and your faith is dead.

Finding the Truth

                                      Contributed by Ed Moore

When we “reverse engineer” the “faith” passed down to us. If it is true, it should lead us back to the Word of Yahuah found in the Torah. If it is false it should lead us back to Babylon as Yahuah warned us.

This exercise MUST be done in each and every one of our hearts and minds because Yahuah warned us that we would be misled by scribes who literally alter the Scriptures changing The Law into a lie and we would have nothing but pagan lies passed down to us from our forefathers.

The prophet Jeremiah sent out a warning to all who read The Bible:

Jeremiah 8:8
“How can you say, ‘We are wise, And the law of Yahuah is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it (The Law) into a lie.”

Jeremiah speaks of a “Greater Exodus” from among all nations at the end as Gentiles all over the Earth will be brought out of the nations:

Jeremiah 16
14 “However, the days are coming,” declares Yahuah, “when it will no longer be said, ‘As surely as Yahuah lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ 15 but it will be said, ‘As surely as Yahuah lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ For I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors.

Jeremiah goes on to say of the sons of Yahuah who are brought out of the gentile nations at the end in the Greater Exodus are crying out “we have been lied to all our lives for generations”…

Jeremiah 16
19 Yahuah, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say,

“OUR FATHERS HAVE INHERITED NOTHING BUT FALSEHOOD, FUTILITY AND THINGS OF NO PROFIT." 20 Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!

21 “Therefore I will teach them— this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is Yahuah.

Psa 119:89 Forever, O יהוה . . .

Your word stands firm in the heavens.

                                                    Contributed by Ed Moore

YAHUAH's Divine Instructions has many "forever" commands, and NO, "forever" hasn't ended yet! Man has no right to ignore Torah or YAHUSHA, and come up with his own theology and own "religious holidays"! While the COVENANT was REnewed as YAHUAH promised in (Jeremiah 31:31,Heb 8:8,Heb 10:16) His Torah did not.

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, He says, “See, the days are coming,” says יהוה, “when I shall conclude with the house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah a renewed covenant,

Heb 10:16 “This is the covenant that I shall make with them after those days, says יהוה, giving My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I shall write them,

Jer 31:31 “See, the days are coming,” declares יהוה, “when I shall make a new covenant with the house of Yisra’ĕl and with the house of Yehuḏah,
Jer 31:32 not like the covenant I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares יהוה.
Jer 31:33 “For this is the covenant I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕl after those days, declares יהוה: I shall put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.

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Mal 3:6  “For I am יהוה, I shall not change, and you, O sons of Yaʽaqoḇ, shall not come to an end. 


The penalty for disobedience has not changed; and YAHUAH's promises have not changed. YAHUSHA said He was here ONLY to do His Father's will; not abolish His "forever" commands. 


Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death, but the favourable gift of Elohim is everlasting life in Messiah יהושע our Master. 

Heb 10:26  For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins


Heb 13:8  יהושע Messiah is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

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Rom 10:11  Because the Scripture says, “Whoever puts his trust in Him shall not be put to shame.” 
Rom 10:12  Because there is no distinction between Yehuḏite and Greek, for the same Master of all is rich to all those calling upon Him. 
Rom 10:13  For “everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be saved.” 
Rom 10:14  How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without one proclaiming? 
Rom 10:15  And how shall they proclaim if they are not sent? As it has been written, “How pleasant are the feet of those who bring the Good News of peace, who bring the Good News of the good!” 

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There's more to having a relationship with YAHUAH than just "believing in YAHUSHA." Our Creator has some rules to follow, and if we refuse, then we don't belong to Him.

What did YAHUAH say about WHO are His people? He gives three requirements in Isaiah 56:6-8...To love His Name, honor His Sabbath and keep His covenant (Torah):

Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant –
Isa 56:7 them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
Isa 56:8 The Master יהוה, who gathers the outcasts of Yisra’ĕl, declares, “I gather still others to him besides those who are gathered to him.”

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Catholicism boasts that its authority is so great it has altered one of the 10 Commandments – and the very Commandment which is a sign between Yahuah and His people forever; the Shabath day. Catholicism states that its “mark” of authority is SUN-DAY. Unless a person has Wisdom, it is impossible for them to figure out what the mark of the beast is. To appear wise, they make something up that will be accepted by those who are likewise without Wisdom. A great delusion, a lie to support another lie, is foisted upon them by their teachers.

At YirmeYahu 3, Yahuah tells us He will give us shepherds who will feed us with knowledge and understanding:

YirmeYahu / Jer 3:13-15: “‘Only, acknowledge your crookedness, because you have transgressed against Yahuah your Alahim, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares Yahuah.
‘Return, O backsliding children,’ declares Yahuah, ‘for I shall rule over you, and shall take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and shall bring you to Tsiyon. And I shall give you shepherds according to My heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.’”
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Mat 7:23 “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I NEVER KNEW YOU, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!

How can we be sure we know HIM and not have HIM say I never knew you?

1Jn 2:3 And BY THIS WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, if we guard (keep) His commands.
1Jn 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard (KEEP) His commands, is a LIAR, and the TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.

So if your eating pork practicing Sunday/Christmas/Easter/Lawlessness then your a __________ and YAHUSHA doesn't know you

What is TRUTH?

Psa 119:142 Your righteousness is righteousness forever, And Your Torah is truth.

Joh 14:6 יהושע said to him, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

So TRUTH is TORAH/YAHUSHA

He is the walking TORAH.

1Jn 2:4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard (KEEP) His commands, is a LIAR, and the TRUTH (TORAH/YAHUSHA) IS NOT IN HIM.

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Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.
Mat 7:22 “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’
Mat 7:23 “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!

WISDOM.....EVERYONE WHO HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE, AND DOES THEM

Mat 7:24 “Therefore EVERYONE WHO HEARS THESE WORDS OF MINE, AND DOES THEM, shall be like a wise man who built his house on the rock,

FOOLISH......DOES NOT DO THEM

Mat 7:26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do them,1 shall be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand,

Eph 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words,1 for because of these the wrath of Elohim comes upon the sons of disobedience.

His Word Stands Forever

                                                   Contributed by Ed Moore

From the beginning, the adversary has sought various ways to trick men into being disobedient. Truly, there is nothing new under the sun. He can either undermine Yahuah's word or he can tempt men to sin even if they know it is wrong. And what better way to deceive but to say that "That word Yahuah spoke is of no effect anymore!" Therefore we must love His word if we want to avoid the deceitfulness of sin. Who can really say they love Yahusha unless they also love the Word? Is He not the Word of Yahuah?

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

He is the Word in the Old Testament and the New Testament also. In truth, we must love and seek to obey the WHOLE word, not just a "New Testament" and not just an "Old testament," for it is ALL Yahweh's word.

Matthew 13:52
Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Indeed, if it is scripture then it is Yahweh's word and must be heeded by us!

2 Timothy 3:16,17
All scripture is given by inspiration of YAHUAH, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 - That the man of YAHWEH may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

ALL SCRIPTURE, not just a part here or there. His commandments are not multiple choice, no matter what men may tell you.

Yahushua warned us:

Matthew 7:13,14
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 - Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Notice that he said that we must "find it." If we must "find it", then it must mean that we should be looking for it. We cannot be complacent and sit back doing nothing. We must be seeking the truth in his word regularly. We will do this because we love the truth and do not want to be fooled by the deceitfulness of sin. Notice also that Yahushua said only a "few" find it. Now if we are on a path that everyone else is on, how can we be on a path that "few find"? This is why we should not be surprised that the whole world is deceived. In fact, Scripture says that this will be the case:

Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

What methods does the adversary use to deceive? One of his greatest advantages is that those who are deceived are so often his willing participants to engage in deceiving others. Look at what Yahushua said after warning us to enter the narrow way of life:

Matthew 7:13-15
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 - Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Right away He warned about false prophets. But how can we tell the difference? Let's examine this question by continuing in the chapter:

Matthew 7:16-20
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 - Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 - A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 - Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 - Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Hmm.. we know them by their fruits? What does this mean? Yahushua said:

John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

To even bear good fruit, one must abide in Yahushua. How can we know if one is abiding in Yahushua?

1John 2:4,5
He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 - But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of YAHWEH is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.

Christians insist that "the law" was abolished. How is that possible when sin is transgression of "the law"? When and by whom was it abolished? Certainly not by YAHusha! He said He came NOT to abolish but to confirm (Hebrew: koom which means "establish/confirm)". Why would YAHusha's role as FINAL SIN SACRIFICE in any way negate Torah - YHVH's original teaching and instruction? Did He ever say, "I came to abolish Torah and render my original teachings void"? YAHusha is our "New Covenant" and "Sin Sacrifice". Period. YHVH gave us a New Covenant, not a new Torah! Did He even mention Torah at all as He spoke about giving us a New Covenant (Jer.31:30-33/Heb.8:8-12)? You won't find anything in the Scriptures to show that Torah was ever abolished.

YAHusha said: Matthew 5: 17 Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened. If "ALL" hasn't happened yet, and heaven and earth have not passed away, then that must mean that His Torah is still valid....

Traditional Teachings are Often Not Truth

                                                        Contributed by Ed Moore

We have been taught to much false doctrine and tradition of man. We are told the law has been abolished, even though YAHusha said in Matt. 5, that until heaven and earth pass away,not a jot or tittle would pass from the law until all things be fulfilled. The last time I checked, heaven and earth were still here. We are told we are now allowed to eat unclean food. What makes a buzzard now clean and edible? It is still filthy and so is swine’s flesh. He said He was the same yesterday today and forever what changed?

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Isaiah 66:17 in it’s context and see if eating swine’s flesh is OK with YHUH. We are also told we don’t have to keep the Sabbath anymore, even though most preachers agree that the Ten Commandments are still binding upon us today. They say it doesn’t matter which day you keep as long as you keep one of them as your Sabbath. They have no scriptural evidence whatsoever to justify a change from the Sabbath to Sunday. They have rejected YHUH’s required Feasts and have substituted pagan festivals in their place, i.e. Christmas and Easter.

Do you suppose YHUH is in agreement with this? Are we trying to come to Him in our own way? Are we offering strange fire up to Him? The bible says there is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end there of is destruction. People, repent!! And turn back to the right way,the strait and narrow path before it’s too late! Don’t follow the majority; they’re on the wrong path!! Matt. 7:14 says “few there be that find it”. Few are certainly not the majority. They’re perverting YHUH’s grace.


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In His instructions to Moses and Israel detailing the Passover and Feast that
follows, Yahweh made it crystal clear that this was not a one-time ordeal.
Nor was it just for Israel at that time. Yahuah thundered, "And this day
shall be unto you for a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to Yahuah
throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for
ever" (Ex. 12:14).

No fewer than four times in Leviticus 23--after mentioning the various
Feasts--Yahuah declares the Feasts "a statute forever." If these days were
important only in the lives of ancient Israelites, then why do we find them
prominent in prophecy of the coming Kingdom? Isaiah deals with the Millennial
Kingdom. We find there that when His Kingdom comes to earth, everyone will
come to keep Yahuah's appointed times: "And it shall come to pass, that from
one new moon to another, and from Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, says Yahuah" (Isa. 66:23).

And what if they refuse, as many do today? "And it shall come to pass, that
every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall
even go up from year to year to worship the King, Yahuah of hosts, and to
keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up
of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, Yahuah
of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not
up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith
Yahuah will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of
tabernacles" (Zech. 14:16-18).

Does it make any sense that Yahuah would command these Feasts forever--and enforce them in the future Millennial Kingdom on pain of plague--and not have them binding today?

The Feast days hold a wealth of lessons and they unlock important truth. They also are keys to prophetic events as they explain the plan and purpose of the Savior’s coming and His role as our King. It is time for all people everywhere to be obedient to what Yahuah established for the good of His people. Get in line with the annual Feasts of Yahuah and your understanding will multiply many times over.

His Feasts were just as much a part of His law as the Ten Commandments. Let us be like the Apostle Paul, who said, "I must by all means keep this feast."


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"These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men" (Matthew:15:8, 9).

What days are not commanded by our Savior? And which ones does He command? What does His example of obedience to the Father reveal (John:15:10)? Does it please YHUH when we take to ourselves the right to decide how to worship Him, while bypassing His example and the instructions of the Bible?

We have all been instructed to walk as He walked (1 John:2:6).

It is certainly clear that the Messiah did not observe Christmas, Halloween, Easter or any similar days. Instead, He and His family observed the Holy Days given by YHUH in the Bible. "His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast" (Luke:2:41, 42). This included the entire festival, which involved the Days of Unleavened Bread (Luke:2:43; Leviticus:23:5-8).

Later, we find Yahusha Messiah still observing this same festival. "Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Yahusha went up to Jerusalem" (John:2:13). It is called the Passover of the Jews because the Jews observed it; whereas Gentiles did not. In reality, YHUH gave all the Holy Days as His days, saying "These are My feasts" (Leviticus:23:2).

A little after this, in John:5:1 we see Yahusha' involvement in another of the biblical feasts, although John didn't specify which. Then, in John 7, He is shown keeping the Feast of Tabernacles and Last Great Day (described in Leviticus:23:33-36): "After these things Yahusha walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand" (John:7:1, 2).

In spite of the threat of bodily harm, Yahusha the Messiah still attended this feast (verse 10), and also explained the true spiritual significance of the Last Great Day (verses 37, 38).


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This is a question that is often asked. Why should an English speaking person call on the Hebrew names of Yahuah and Yahusha?

The answer is actually quite simple. Personal names do not translate across languages. For instance, Ariel Sharon is still Ariel Sharon in any country or language. Personal names do not translate, they transliterate. In other words, they retain the pronunciation as much as possible. Even so, "The LORD" is not a translation of the name "Yahweh". It is a direct replacement. Put simply, the translators admit they substituted Yahweh's name for a title. All for the sake of an unscriptural tradition. Yahweh's name is in scripture nearly 7000 times. And nearly 7000 times they replaced it (not translated it) with "the LORD", or "GOD". I wouldn't want someone to change my name unless it was Yahweh. And it is clear that according to the third commandment that Yahweh doesn't want anyone to change or falsify His name either.

Think about this for a moment. What makes man think he has the authority to change the name of the one who created him, and who created all things? We don't have that right! For instance, in the scriptures we see that one who changes the name of another is always in authority over them. Yahusha renamed Simon. Yahuah renamed Abram to Abraham. Adam named the animals. We have no authority to rename our Heavenly Father or His Messiah Yahusha. We need to be sure we leave things as He inspired it.

Also consider this: If you don't speak Hebrew then you can't say Abraham, Isaac, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Obadiah, Zechariah, Michael or a long list of other Hebrew names! Why was Yahweh's name the only one changed? And why was Yahushua's Name the only name in our modern bibles that is different from the Old Testament to the New Testament? In the Old Testament, it's "Joshua" but in the New Testament it's "Jesus". The answer is simple. Satan will do anything to turn men from the truth. Yahweh's Name IS truth. Yahushua's Name IS truth. Substitutions are lies. You see, Father Yahweh is seeking those who worship Him in spirit and in truth. And when we call Him by a false name, then we are worshipping Him in lies and not truth. If we know that "the Lord" and "Jesus" are false, why continue in error?? Aren't we supposed to love the truth?

But maybe you are thinking, "Okay so do you have any scriptures that show that Gentiles should be calling on His name?" I am glad you asked....

Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen (Heb. Gentiles), saith Yahweh of hosts.

Acts 9:15 But the Master said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

Acts 15:14 Simeon hath declared how Elohim at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.